COLLABORATION & THE INNOVATIVE INDUSTRIAL BASE
SEPARATE BUT TOGETHER
How two organizations at tained synergy to achieve success in separate but associated acquisition programs.
by Frederick Willecke, Dan O’Leary and Shelley Lowery
lenges by synergizing resources, cross-functional expertise, management and schedules. It is crucial that weapons and the ammunition that they fire—each developed and managed by separate organi- zations—function together as a complete system.
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Te development of the 84 mm M3A1 Carl-Gustaf Recoilless Rifle, and its associated 84 mm High Explosive (HE) 441E Reduced Sensitivity (RS) round, is an example of overcoming those challenges through sound decision-making, advance planning that leveraged an established memorandum of agreement between PEOs, and an esprit de corps generated by a cross-organizational, integrated product team.
PEO Soldier’s mission is to rapidly deliver agile and adaptive leading-edge Soldier capabilities in order to provide combat overmatch. Project Manager Soldier Lethality (PM SL), within PEO Soldier, is responsible for the development, production and fielding of small arms individual weapons, crew- served weapons, remote weapon stations and the associated fire-control systems, including the 84 mm Carl-Gustaf Recoilless Rifle.
Te mission of the Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition (JPEO A&A) is to develop, procure and field lethal armaments and ammunition providing joint warfighters and allied partners overmatch capabilities. Project Manager Close Combat Systems (PM CCS), within JPEO A&A, is responsible for the development, production, fielding and life cycle management of lethal close combat munitions that ensure increased mobility and counter mobility to the full spec- trum of Army forces, which includes the 84 mm HE 441E round.
s each program executive office (PEO) and its associated project manager offices focus on their prescribed mission, there is a potential for stovepiping and limited collaboration that generate development risk for equipment or systems that require interoperability or integration. Transparency and collaboration across organizations help minimize chal-
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